148.Chapter 148
The Yellow Turban Army's Dazhai is located on Xufu Mountain, because the time is still short, Dazhai is still very simple, only some houses can be sheltered from the wind and rain.
After Chen Xu finished talking with Tian Feng, he came to the top of the mountain and carefully observed the wind direction and sky.
A cold wind blew, Chen Xu shivered, he tightened his clothes and shrugged his shoulders.
"Qu Shuai, it's too windy here, let's go back."
Wu Ling rubbed his hands, his face flushed from the cold. Wu Di stayed quietly behind Chen Xu and did not say a word.
Since he picked up the knife on the ground that day and beat Li Dayin to admit defeat, Chen Xu felt that he was a talent and took him by his side as a personal soldier.
The northwest wind was howling, and Chen Xu felt more and more cold. After looking at it for a long time, he said, "Go back!" ”
After going back, Chen Xu gave an order to everyone to stop what they were doing and build the stables with all their might.
He personally led a part of his men and horses to the mountains to cut down trees and harvest yellow forage to prepare for this cold winter.
For example, today's cold ground is freezing and the forage is not abundant, so in order to make their horses eat better, the knights often grind the bean cakes they received from the army and feed them to the horses.
Rao is like this, the five thousand war horses of the Yellow Turban Army, after a long period of running and fighting, have also lost a lot of weight.
After two days of busy work, the stables were built.
Chen Xu brought out a lot of people, although the time was still short, but there were a lot of hay cut.
As for the firewood, plus the trees that Tian Feng sent people to cut down before, it was enough for everyone to support them for a while.
"Smack!"
Chen Xu was mowing grass in the mountains with everyone, when he suddenly heard a slight sound and felt a chill on his forehead.
He reached out and touched his forehead, there was a trace of water stains.
"Bang Bang!"
The sound became louder and louder, and tiny snows fell from the sky, becoming more and more urgent.
"It's going to snow, so let's quickly pack up the cut grass and bring it back to Dazhai." Chen Xu was angry and shouted loudly at everyone.
Most of these people grew up in the north and are used to snow.
People unhurriedly packed up the hay they had cut, tied them together with ropes, and then carried them on their shoulders and hurried to the village without hurrying.
Snow is different from rain in that it is not easy to get wet. When it snows, the weather is very cold, and even if the snow falls on people's bodies, it will turn into water after a while.
As long as you keep walking and shake the snow off your body, even if you don't have rain gear in the snow, you won't get wet.
The snow fell more and more rapidly, and it didn't take long for the trees and the dead grass to be dyed with a layer of bright silver-white.
Slowly, the sound of the snow hitting the ground became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely, only to see the goose-feather snow pouring down from the sky. They flutter in the sky like beautiful elves.
"It's snowy!"
Chen Xu stretched out his right hand and saw that the snowflakes fell on his hand and then melted, and he muttered in a low voice.
This heavy snowfall fell intermittently for five days, and the entire Xufu Mountain was shrouded in heavy snow.
Some houses collapsed because they could not withstand the weight of the heavy snow.
Chen Xu hurriedly commanded everyone to clear the snow on the roof while the heavy snow stopped for a while.
In Lingshou County, Lu Zhi took Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to stand at the gate of the county ya, quietly watching the heavy snow outside.
"I wonder when the messenger will be back?"
Lu Zhi looked at the south and thought secretly in his heart.
Since Chen Xu led people to hide in the mountains, Lu Zhi began to pay attention to Chu Yan's movements.
But he didn't want to, after Chu Yan entered the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, he kept walking eastward, and actually joined Zhang Niujiao who was entrenched in the Boling area.
The two joined forces, and 30,000 horses were gathered under the tent.
Later, the two were afraid that Lu Zhi would come to conquest, so they continued to flow eastward to the territory of Hejian Kingdom, and hid in the mountains without any news.
The rebels in Jizhou have all lost their traces, and the traitors of the entire Han Dynasty seem to have disappeared for a while.
Zhu Jun chased Liu Pi and Gong Du to Yanzhou, and finally found an opportunity to kill their subordinates. Liu Pi and Gong Du fled with only a few hundred remnants of the defeated generals.
Zhu Jun originally wanted to go north to join Lu Zhi, but he didn't want to meet the messenger sent by Lu Zhi, knowing that Chen Xu and Chu Yan were all hidden in the mountains, and the army could not encircle and suppress them.
The meaning of Lu Zhi's letter is to take advantage of the approaching New Year to return to the dynasty first. After the beginning of spring, if the thieves dare to go down the mountain to plunder, it is not too late to levy again.
After knowing Lu Zhi's intentions, Zhu Jun also stationed the officers and soldiers in Yanzhou, and also sent a messenger to express his intention to strike the army.
"General, general, the imperial court has sent an angel!"
Lu Zhi was pondering when he suddenly heard the adjutant's shout. He looked up and saw the adjutant brave the heavy snow and bring the couple here.
Lu Zhi hurriedly stepped forward and said to the leader: "The weather is so cold, and you have to trouble angels to go back and forth, I really can't help it." ”
When this eunuch began to come here, he was still a little reluctant.
Because of the last time Lu Zhizuo Feng framed him, Emperor Han Ling sent his henchmen this time. Before leaving, he repeatedly told him not to ask Lu Zhi for bribes.
He braved the bitter cold to go north, and his heart was full of anger.
But when he saw the world-famous Confucian Lu Zhi so respectful in front of him, the anger in his heart disappeared by half.
The angel waved his hand and said, "We are all sharing worries for Your Majesty, so why talk about hard work?" Now that the snow is falling so heavily, the general won't invite me to take shelter from the snow in the county office? ”
Lu Zhi woke up and hurriedly returned to the county office with the angel.
Since he was dismissed and investigated last time for not bribing the eunuch Zuo Feng, Lu Zhi didn't want to offend these eunuchs anymore.
It's not that Lu Zhi is afraid of their power, in order to be able to share the worries of the imperial court, he still wants to keep his useful body and do more things.
Sure enough, as Lu Zhi expected, after the Son of Heaven heard that Chen Xu and Chu Yan had fled to the mountains, he had no desire to exterminate them.
In the eyes of the Son of Heaven, as long as these people do not raise a rebellion and attack the city. Even if they occupy the mountain, rob houses and houses, and make a big battle, after all, they are a gang of bandits and robbers, and they can't shake the country of the Han Dynasty.
In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have been continuous, and thieves have flocked everywhere. But except for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling of Han never cared.
Even if Zhang Xiu, the leader of the Wudoumi Sect, rebelled in Bajun and captured part of Hanzhong, Emperor Ling didn't care.
If it weren't for the death of Huangfu Song in Jizhou, Emperor Ling of Han was not willing to spend any more money and food, and sent Lu Zhi north to quell the rebellion.
The three Zhang Jiao brothers had been killed in battle, and the Yellow Turban Uprising in various parts of the country had been basically suppressed. In Emperor Ling's opinion, this rebellion has been put down.
As for those petty fights, they are just the itch of scabies.
The angel's will is simple, that is, to let Lu Zhi return to his hometown with his troops and return home to reunite with his relatives. If the thieves rebel again, they will be requisitioned.
As for Zhu Jun of Yanzhou, he also received a decree from the Son of Heaven, asking him to lead his troops back to Beijing and accept the reward.
The snow was still falling, Chen Xu wrapped his coat and rushed to Zhao Feng's house with Wu Ling and Wu Di.
"Knock knock!" Chen Xu knocked the door a few times, and then waited outside the door.
"Crunch!"
The rudimentary wooden door opened, and a delicate head poked out through the crack.
"Ah, it's you!"
The person who opened the door was Zhao Yu, and she couldn't help but be very surprised when she saw Chen Xu coming.
Originally, at this time of the day, the aunts next door would come to Zhao Feng's house and chatter with Zhao Yu. She thought it was the aunts who were coming, so she ran out and opened the door.
Speaking of which, this little girl doesn't like to nag, but in order to let them help her brother talk about a girl, she has to mess around with them.
Chen Xu smiled at Zhao Yu and said softly, "Is your brother at home?" ”
The little girl nodded and said, "Here you are." ”
Then, he invited Chen Xu and the others into the house, and went to the back to call Zhao Feng out.
Zhao Feng ran over in small steps and said to Chen Xu: "Feng didn't know that the general was coming, he was so careless, and I ask the general to forgive me." ”
Chen Xu grabbed Zhao Feng's shoulders and said, "Why are you so polite? I sent someone to forcibly invite the virtuous brothers and sisters to the army, and I have always felt a little uneasy in my heart. But the army is busy, so until now, I didn't have time to visit. ”
"I asked the military doctor about your condition, and they said it was fine, just a little malnourished. In addition, as a carpenter, there is often a lot of dust and powder in the haunted places. ”
"If you accidentally inhale these things in your lungs, they can cause coughing. During this time, you should pay more attention to your diet, and don't do wood work anymore, and when your body is well recuperated, there will be no problem. ”
Hearing Chen Xu's words, although he knew that he was acting like this for his younger brother, Zhao Feng was still a little moved in his heart.
He immediately thanked him: "The general has a lot of opportunities, and he still has time to care about the villain's body, and the villain is really grateful." ”
Chen Xu hurriedly helped Zhao Feng up and said, "Let your brother and sister leave their hometown, Xu Zhi is also wrong." Only by making some amends can a certain heart be better. ”
At this time, Zhao Feng and Zhao Yu's senses for Chen Xu have also changed greatly.
After they came to the Yellow Turban Army, they had heard too many legends about Chen Xu.
At the age of a weak crown, he is in charge of the Yellow Turban Army in the world.
Over the past year, he has led everyone to fight in the east and west, winning the battle, conquering the battle, and finding a way to survive for the Yellow Turban Army, which failed in the uprising.
If you don't consider Chen Xu's identity as a thief, what he does is definitely worthy of the admiration of others.
Zhao Yu looked at Chen Xu secretly, and when she saw Chen Xu's eyes on her, her little face suddenly turned red.
During this period of chattering with those aunts, she learned a lot about things between men and women.
Every girl has a prince charming in her heart, and Zhao Yu is no exception.
When she came to the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, she heard too many legends about Chen Xu. Unconsciously, I had a trace of curiosity about this Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban Army.
In the words of later generations, once a woman becomes curious about other men, it is the beginning of the fall.